President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Journalist Muhammad Sani Zorro as the senior special assistant to the president on public affairs and strategy, office of the first lady.
This was disclosed by SSA, media and publicity, Garba Shehu stating that at the instance of the First Lady, Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, the president also approved the immediate redeployment of three of the political appointees in her office to the office of the secretary of the government of the federation, pending their assignment to some other government departments or agencies.
Those affected by the redeployment are: Dr. Mohammed Kamal Abdulrahman, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Health and Development Partners and Personal Physician to the First Lady; Hadi Uba, Special Assistant to the President on Administration and Wole Aboderin, Special Assistant to the President on Non-Governmental Organisations, NGOs.
Buhari approves the disengagement of Zainab Kazeem, the special assistant to the president on domestic and social events, office of the first lady, which would take effect from February 11.
Zorro is a renowned journalists with decades of experience in media practice, publishing and unionist leadership. He was at various times President, Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, West African Journalists Association (WAJA) and the Federation of African Journalists, FAJ.
He was also in the House of Representatives where he chaired the committee on Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), Refugees and Initiatives on North East.
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